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Applications for TGen's Summer Programs Open January 6, 2020

Helios Scholars at TGen offers students full-time, paid internship opportunities that include research experience and professional development in the field of biomedical research. Internships are available in laboratory research, computer science and bioinformatics, mathematics and statistics, and research administration.

Applications Close on February 7, 2020 Who Qualifies? ·         Applicants must be 16 years of age by the program start date, ·         must be a full-time student during fall 2020, ·         must attend/have attended a high school or university in Arizona, ·         and be a graduating high school senior, undergraduate, graduate, or medical school student. Do you want to experience what it's really like to be a scientist? Helios Scholars at TGen is a paid, eight-week summer internship program in biomedical research open to incoming and continuing undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students who have studied at an Arizona high school, college, or university. Interns work full-time on a research project under the mentorship of a TGen scientist to unravel the genetic components of diabetes, neurological disease and cancer. At TGen North in Flagstaff, interns focus their summer research on public health and pathogens such as Valley Fever and antibiotic resistant bacteria. Internships are available in all areas of translational bioscience: laboratory research, computational biology and bioinformatics, mathematics and statistics, and research administration. As a part of the comprehensive program, Helios Scholars also: attend educational seminars to boost their professional skills, learn about bioscience career options, practice scientific writing, present their research, attend social networking events, and create a scientific poster. The program capstone is a formal research symposium where interns present their project results and reflect on what they have accomplished during their tenure at TGen. Several interns are nominated to deliver oral presentations at the event. Past interns boast an array of impressive accomplishments: published scientific abstracts and manuscripts, top national student rankings, acceptance into first-rate graduate and medical schools, and national awards and scholarships.  Our mailing address is: TGen - Translational Genomics Research Institute 445 N Fifth Street Phoenix, AZ 85004